As
the inevitable day draws closer when America will once again send her military
forces into harm’s way on foreign soil, I am appalled at the attitudes of so
many of my fellow countrymen.The sheer
numbers of American citizens who bow to the whim of the United Nations as to
whether or not our sons and daughters should fight a war is telling of the
ignorance of the American public.I
would be far less likely to trust a decision from that communist organization
than I would a decision made by President Donald Duck, if that is who the
American people had elected.We are not
supposed to wait for the United Nations to declare war for us – that is what we
have a United States Congress for, ladies and gentlemen.The fact that the hallowed halls of Congress
are now and have been for many years occupied by a bunch of self-serving wimps
incapable of doing their sworn duty should give us reason to place the blame
for indecision and public divisiveness and even bad governmental judgment at
their door, and ours for having elected them to represent us.

Many
of my fellow conservatives repeatedly site the “no declaration of war” reason
for opposing military action against Iraq.They will then go on to castigate President Bush for vowing to prosecute
this war – with or without U.N. or allies’ blessing.Think.The oath taken by
the president is basically the same one taken by each of our so-called representatives
in Congress.Seems real funny to me
that so many had rather believe that this one man is untrustworthy to keep the
oath he took, when the other five hundred and thirty five individuals and the
oaths they took are given a pass.Say
what you will, but the president has consistently steered this country in the
direction of defense.He, like
Americans in general these days, is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t,
but he seems to convey a genuine interest in protecting this country – and so
far he is winning.I would like to see
Congress stick its collective neck out and make a declaration as the
Constitution outlines, but they seem only willing to pass the buck to the U.N.
and answer the call to duty with rhetoric.We haven’t learned a damned thing from America’s other undeclared wars –
you remember, those wars where American troops didn’t drop the ball, but the
decision makers in Washington sent them to their senseless deaths or allowed
them to come home in shame.

Politics,
folks, does not win wars!They are won
by the fighting determination of American troops to preserve the American
ideal, and a courageous American citizenry that stands behind them and backs
them to the hilt!The only ones who
care about our political reasons for war ARE OUR ENEMIES!They care so much that they are heartened to
see so many American public figures making foolish statements that they have
not bothered to research as to their dangerous implications – those that may
lead our enemies to believe that THEY really do speak for all Americans!Let me just go on the record that these
folks DO
NOT speak for me.Because the American
public buys tickets to see these people perform in their chosen professions,
does not mean that we think they are the most intelligent or astute among us.It simply means we think that they are good
entertainers.Period.If they wish to be politicians, perhaps they
should change their professions and see if they can get voted into office on
their liberal rhetoric.Many do get
voted into office on just that.

I
have been very outspoken on what I consider to be the major problems in this
country.If I had to pin them all down
with one sentence, it would be this:We, the people, have allowed our representative republic to become a
shadow tyranny.Notice where I lay the
blame.I believe it is high time for
each and every American individual to do his or her duty to seek truth, define
purpose, and analyze the possible consequences of actions as well as inactions.When a nation is on the brink of war, the only
consequences of a divided public opinion is the endangerment of soldiers sent
to fight that war.

If
the United Nations did not exist, we would be on our own to take the fall for
bad decisions in foreign policy.The
United Nations DOES NOT EXIST in the interest of or for the good of American
citizens.It will not ever take
responsibility for any of its bad decisions.Its purpose runs counter to the American ideal of individual rights and
freedom.President Bush was right to
challenge the credibility of this organization and he is right to follow his
conscience in the prosecution of this action against a KNOWN TERRORIST.The American people have been fed an
overabundance of rhetoric from a frustrated liberal agenda.An oversensitive, overtaxed, awakening
conservative view is questioning over a hundred years of government abuse and
assigning all the resulting ills from that abuse to the current
administration.I fully understand that
tendency to question government motives, but there is a time and a place to do
it.Now is NOT that time, my fellow
conservatives.You are playing into the
hands of the liberal agendas you hate and the enemies that would see us all
destroyed.This will only strengthen
the New World Order, communist and socialist philosophies all over the
world.

I
hear domestic and foreign minds, “learned individuals”, crying out in protest
of America’s imperialism.This has been
going on for generations.It is not
something new!Each and every time the
accusation has been made, the American people proved it wrong.So we can again.There will always be wars – it is part of the human condition -
but peace will be more prevalent in a world that respects strength and honors
commitment.America, having been a
shining beacon of hope for freedom and prosperity for over two centuries, is
and should be the strongest and the most committed to wiping out terror,
tyranny and tribulation.We have
reached out to the world in friendship and courageously died on foreign
battlefields to lift the pall of hopeless cruelty.We have rebuilt what we’ve had to destroy and extended untold
wealth in material goods and steady commerce.We have yet to claim an empire on foreign turf.Every place we have deserted too early has
fallen again into brutal hands, yet we have taken the abusive, angry laments of
“Yankee go home” in every place we have helped.As I said, the resounding cry of “Imperialist” has followed us
everywhere, but has yet to be proven.As long as the American people can accurately define the term and never
loose all sight of the American ideal, it will never be so.

Do
we have a shadow tyranny brewing in this country, driving us toward an unholy
world order and internal chaos?Yes.We cannot fight that by
turning a blind eye to everything good about America and attempting to
dismantle her resolve to destroy obvious threats.That we need a government that once again rules from the bottom
up instead from the top down is not in question.Most true conservatives certainly understand that. The system may be in very bad shape, but it
is still by far the best one going – even with all its ills.The American people are a breed unto
themselves, and that is precisely the reason that this is still the best place
on earth to be.Unlike other nations we
are held together by a strong commitment to our ideals, even as some are lead
off course by interfering philosophies that weaken resolve.This president is not solely responsible for
the shadow tyranny – that is a fact!With the backing of the American people, he can do the job that needs to
be done to send a powerful message to any terrorist that would claim another
life on our soil.Iraq is merely the
starting point – we should all know that.If the world does not perceive us a united people of strength, honor and
commitment, we may as well get the duck ready for the presidency.